Thursday, April 12, 2012

SWF>>>Wilkes Barre, PA

I am linking up with Skywatch Friday with more of my Wilkes Barre, Pa photos from last weekend.
We spent Friday night after our hike at the Ricketts Glen State Park in Wilkes Barre, Pa. So Saturday morning we had the day free for looking around the city and a slow drive home on a beautiful day.

A view of the river with a pretty blue sky and some wispy clouds.

We checked out the Susquehanna River Levee Trail and the Kirby Park. In my post below you can see the Red-Tailed Hawk my best bird seen in the park. Other birds seen were mostly Mourning Doves, Pigeons and House Sparrows and one Mallard Duck in the river.

Kirby Park was pretty with a nice pond and pavilions around for picnics and the baseball diamonds looked to be popular on this day.

Near the river trail in Wilkes Barre is the Irem Temple . Years ago it became empty and the city of Wilkes Barre was trying to find a new purpose for this lovely building with the neat towers. I took this shot from across the bridge and was trying to zoom in on the towers, I liked the design. Located in the city with the nearby college buildings and church nearby it looks somehow out of place? Squeezed in there, but check out the link for Irem Temple. It shows an older shot of the temple sitting by itself and no other buildings near it.

Back in the Kirby park, I have a pretty reflection of the Apple Blossom tree and the sky. This reflection shot was my favorite shot of the day.

A closer view of the blossom and the pretty blue sky.

And just because it is cute, I threw this Song Sparrow in. I could hear this bird singing a long time before I was able to find it in the tree.

Thanks for stopping by to see my skies and post. To see more beautiful skies please visit Skywatch Friday. Thanks to the host: Sylvia, Sandy and Wren. I hope everyone has a great weekend with beautiful skies.

48 comments:

I like the peaceful settings, relaxing and soothing. The song sparrow is nice. Reminds me of the native red heading mountain sparrows we have where the Male would sing in the blossom loaded fruit trees for a mate in Spring. I often here them in the Landscape business where I worked. Their music and singing are beautiful unlike the abundant chatterings of the common English Sparrows of cities.

I added the same thing at the end of my post with Salome Cage/Cactus Bar and a Chihuahua at the end.

What a beautiful series of photos, Eileen! I loved the reflection of the trees also...but that first shot of the river was a beauty. They show such a peaceful looking place. That temple does look rather squeezed-in in your photo, but that could also be perspective. Lovely looking building!

What a glorious photo of the apple blossom, Eileen! A wonderful post from beginning to end. We are enjoying the cherry blossom here in the UK, but the brisk wind and April showers mean that it will soon be gone ...

I clicked on your dog & cat blog & a great big WARNING sign popped up telling me something was wrong here & said I shouldn't enter... just wanted to let ya know that it looks like there's a virus attached to it. =0

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I am married and I have one son 22 years old. I am now retired as of Dec 31st 2014! I enjoy the birds and nature as much as I can.
I enjoy traveling, seeing new places
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